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Proverbs 30 – Just enough is all you need…

Jul24

Good afternoon y’all. Happy Friday.

Thanks be to God for seeing us thus far in our study of Proverbs. We are in chapter 30 today.

From Monday 27th July, we will be doing a week in depth study of Proverbs 31. Courtney from good morning girls has done a brief info on this for us. Check out her blog post here…

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For those who are joining for the first time, I’m blogging through the bible a chapter a day with Good morning girls. You can check us out at www.goodmorninggirls.org

Back to today’s reading 🙂

Be blessed 🙂

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“O God, I beg two favors from you; let me have them before I die. First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs. For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the lord ?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name” (NLT).

“And then he prayed, “God, I’m asking for two things before I die; don’t refuse me— Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I’m too full, I might get independent, saying, ‘God? Who needs him?’ If I’m poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God.” (MSG)

Oh my! These verses are so relevant for where I am right now. I have been making similar request to God this past week.  By God’s grace, I realised that a hint of pride was starting to set into my heart (especially since I’ve been experiencing a lot of breakthroughs and increase in my life recently. That temptation to take the glory to one’s self instead of giving it back to God has been rearing its ugly head) so I’ve been asking God to help me remain humble in the midst of the blessings and overflow He is bringing my way; that my heart will not be led astray by the increase.

The writer of today’s chapter was also praying and begging God in a similar manner. He asked God to help him deal honestly and not tell lies; that God will bless him with just enough to satisfy his needs, so that he won’t become too proud or have to steal and bring shame to God’s name. I am humbled by his prayer. This man realised he needed God’s help to achieve this level of maturity and wisdom. He understood the danger of pride and greed in ones live.

God wants to bless us, but He is delaying it for some because He knows we can’t handle the blessing yet: it is most likely that (for some of us) our hearts will be lead astray or we might decide we don’t need Him anymore!

Let’s learn to be humble and be content with what we have and learn to make the most of it.

Scripture says, “…godliness with contentment is great gain…”.

My prayer today is that God will bless us with just enough that we need to carry out His plans and purposes for our lives; and that our hearts will not be lifted up and we will not bring shame to His name, In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

Thanks for joining today. Please feel free today leave your thoughts on the chapter.

Have a blessed weekend 🙂

***With God all things are possible***

Proverbs 25: Some more wise sayings…

Jul17

Good evening y’all. Today we are studied chapter 25 of Proverbs.

Be blessed 🙂
 

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Proverbs 25: 4

“Silver must be purified before it can be used to make something of value”.(CEVUS06).

Just like silver has to be purified before it can be used, so we also have to be purified by God so we can be useful vessels in His hands.

2 Tim 2:20-21 says: “In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use. If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work” (NLT).

Proverbs 25:9 -10

“When you and someone else can’t get along, don’t gossip about it.  Others will find out, and your reputation will then be ruined” (CEVUS06).

Ok, I’m double covering my eyes. This is deeeeeeep. So guilty of this offense. If someone hurts me, I’m gonna tell as many people about it as i can. I’ve never really thought about it as gossip but reading this verse has got me rethinking…this might actually be gossip! what’s the motive behind going round telling everyone about it?

Proverbs 25:28

“Losing self-control leaves you as helpless as a city without a wall” (CEVUS06).

Self control is very key. That’s why it’s one of the fruit of the spirit. If we don’t have self control, we are exposed. Anything is allowed to come in and go as they like.

May we all be vessels unto honour in the hands of God. With His help, may we learn to use our mouth wisely to spread the gospel and not gossip; and to exercise self control.

Thanks for joining today. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the chapter.

Have a blessed evening 🙂

***With God all things are possible***